Significant double-digit increases in sales and earnings

22-Jul-2021

Sartorius has continued on its fast growth trajectory, closing the first half of 2021 with significant double-digit increases in both sales revenue and order intake. “In the first six months of the year, we have seen unabated high demand for innovative technologies used in the development and ...

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INERATEC receives EU funding of 2.5 million euros for its alternative technology to fossil fuels and chemicals

16-Jul-2021

With the support of Steinbeis 2i GmbH, INERATEC has submitted a successful application for the EIC Accelerator program. The goal of the funded project IMPOWER2X is to scale, multiply and implement our Power-to-X technology to make it available faster and at lower cost. Because CO2-neutral efuels ...

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Celonis has second-highest valuation among European start-ups

10-Jun-2021

The first German start-up worth ten billion dollars was launched at TUM: after crossing this threshold, Celonis is now the second most valuable start-up in Europe. The provider of software that helps companies analyze and improve their business processes was established by three students with the ...

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10-Jun-2021

The Biesterfeld Group continued its successful track record of business development in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The family-owned company based in Hamburg saw a decline in sales, but it still generated total revenues in the amount of €1.03 billion. Thanks to its effective cost ...

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Start-up connects bioengineers with nature to hack entirely new organisms, freeing manufacturers from petrochemical dependency

02-Jun-2021

Origin.Bio-- a synthetic biology company that replicates and improves ingredients from traditional chemical industrialisation processes, freeing manufacturers from petrochemical dependency -- today announces a $15m funding round led by EQT Ventures. Existing investor BlueYard Capital also ...

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Woodly Ltd. has raised EUR 3 million in growth funding

01-Jun-2021

Woodly Ltd., Finnish developer of wood based plastic, has raised EUR 3 million in growth funding for the commercialisation and internationalisation of their product innovation. “In recent years, plastic has become a bogeyman, the use of which many would like to abandon altogether, or at least ...

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Senorics raises more than 8 million Euro

31-May-2021

The Dresden high tech company Senorics has closed an 8 million € pre-series A financing round. The money allows for the necessary investments to scale the innovative material analysis sensor technology for the industrial market. The circle of investors was joined by FIDURA Private Equity as lead ...

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ZEISS Group successfully navigates pandemic thanks to broad portfolio and global structure

21-May-2021

The ZEISS Group had a successful end to the first six months of fiscal year 2020/21 (ended 31 March 2021). It saw its revenue rise by 6 percent (adjusted for currency fluctuations, by 9 percent) to 3.406 billion euros (previous year: 3.213 billion euros). Around 90% of this sum was generated in ...

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Swiss start-up Qnami closes 4.0M CHF Series A financing round

14-May-2021

Qnami announced today the closing of a 4.0M CHF (4.4M USD) Series A financing round led by Venture Capital funds Runa Capital and SIT Capital, further supported by Seed Round investors Quantonation, Verve Ventures, ZKB Start-up Finance and the High-Tech Gründerfonds. The funds will support ...

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Net income advances by 40.3 percent to 2.089 billion euros

12-May-2021

The Bayer Group had a successful start to 2021. “We’re seeing a good operational performance overall, but we were impacted by negative currency effects as expected,” said CEO Werner Baumann when the quarterly statement for the first quarter of 2021 was published on Wednesday. “Our Crop Science ...

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